Tisha B'Av

Prisoners of Hope: Why We Mourn on Tisha B’Av

by Miriam Kosman

Tisha B’Av: Turning Mourning into Action

Finding the Joy of Tisha B’Av

When Breath Becomes Air

Rock Bottom

The Heart-Rending Cry

by Keren Gottleib

How is it possible to mourn something that happened 2000 years ago?

Death March, Tisha B'Av 1944

by Yaakov Astor

Facing defeat, the Nazis marched 6,000 Jews. A survivor's account.

The Pope in Auschwitz

by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff

God has given the Jewish people the grace to cry.

If I Forget Thee, Auschwitz

by Eylon Aslan-Levy

Joy & Tisha B’Av

by Yael Zoldan M.A.

In the terrible, wonderful paradox of the Jew in exile, we are permanently, gratefully, happy. And temporarily, terribly sad.

Rabbi Benjamin Blech

The Iran Deal and the Hebrew Calendar

by Rabbi Benjamin Blech

It’s no accident that the deal was finalized only last week.

Making Tisha B’Av Relevant

by Slovie Jungreis-Wolff

How do we mourn what we do not know?

By The Tunnels of Shuja’iya, There We Sat and Wept

by Rabbi Mendel Horowitz

Then and now, I am a Jew and I mourn.

A Land Devoid of Peace

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund

In Israel on a solidarity mission, the mourning is palpable.

As Sirens Blare Across the Land

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund

An elegy to the Jewish people for the 17th of Tammuz.

A Different Sorrow

by Yael Zoldan M.A.

Mourning for the wholesome world I once grew up in.

Mournful

by Naomi Cohn

A bereaved mother’s perspective on the Three Weeks.

The Funeral Director

by Rabbi Ron Yitchok Eisenman

When the unbearable becomes the norm.

Filling the Crevices of the Wall

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund

In the darkness of destruction, we’re reminded of the opportunity to rebuild.

The Homeless Jew

by Deborah Eichler

For a child of divorce, feeling tears on Tisha B’Av is easy. It’s finding hope that’s the real challenge.

If Only

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund

On Tisha B'Av I can feel the weight of thousands of years of “if onlys.”

The Strength to Constrict

by Rivka Malka Perlman

Understanding the power of the Tisha B’Av fast.

Holocaust Lamentations

by Mirish Kiszner

With survivors in mind, the Book of Lamentations comes hauntingly alive.

Expectant World

by Gila Arnold

Our most significant achievements are formed somewhere deeply hidden.

Why the Jews – Part 1

by Raphael Shore

Understanding the root of the world's longest hatred.

Déjà-Vu

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

A Tisha B'Av wake-up call from Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis.

Wrestling with Suffering

by Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith

Jewish philosophical approaches to one of life's fundamental questions.

Fissures

by Sara Debbie Gutfreund

I've lost my connection to the past, and no matter how much time passes, there is a crevice in my heart.

Sweet Revenge

by Jessica Naiman

Visiting a concentration camp, faced with overwhelming evil, I was filled with a bolt of anger. What is our revenge?

My Father's Last Words

by Yaakov Pullman

Consolation in the darkest moments.

Starbucks and Tisha B'Av

by Rabbi Yisroel Gelber

Taking the risk for greatness.

Rebuilding after Destruction

by Bassi Gruen

How one man reacted when his only son was murdered.

The Fatal Crash: A True Story

by Zev Roth

Feeling a personal loss helps us understand the loss of the Temple in Jerusalem.

Maintaining Memory

by Am Echad Resources

Do we really need a new Holocaust every few generations in order to remember? We already have a day: Tisha B'Av.

Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492

by aish.com

The Ninth of Av of the year 1492 was the date designated for all Jews of Spain to leave.

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

by Rabbi Ahron Hoch

Rabbi Elisha Ben Abuha became a non-believer as a result of two incidents.

History Abuse

by Rabbi Avi Shafran

With the recent assault against the Jewish people and Jewish history, Tisha B'Av takes on a special poignancy this year.

Celebrating Jewish Sadness

by Rabbi David Aaron

Tisha B'Av teaches that through pain and sadness, we can truly know pleasure and joy.

The Expulsion 1492 Chronicles

Six Reasons Why The Wall Is Holy

The Broken Tablets

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

What Happened to the Jews of Arabia?

Jerusalem in Greek and Roman Sources

Tisha B'Av - The Ninth of Av

Western Wall: Yesterday and Today

Jerusalem: Jewish and Muslim Claims to the Holy City